2022-03-03

(Provided by Office of Research and Development) The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has just announced the awardees’ list for the Outstanding Research Award for the year 2021. Distinguished Professor Shiao-Wei Kuo of the Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science at National Sun Yat-sen University is the only winner in the category of Polymers and Fibers. It is the second time for him to win the Outstanding Research Award and a great honor for the University.

Professor Shiao-Wei Kuo’s main research focus is on non-covalent interactions in polymers, organic/inorganic nanocomposites, self-assembled polymeric nanostructures, nanoporous materials, and low surface energy materials. In recent years, he also expanded his research area to various applications, including lithium battery materials, supercapacitors, photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, and participated in the development of single crystal growth technology for a third-generation semiconductor – silicon carbide and the development of key materials for national defense.

The Outstanding Research Award of MOST is awarded to talents in science and technology with outstanding research results to encourage long-term engagement in fundamental or applied research and improve Taiwan’s standards of academic research and international academic position, benefit social development and industrial applications and strengthen domestic science and technology capacity. In addition to the requirements of the subsidized research projects by MOST, the applicant's research results should be academically original or have significant academic value for fundamental research; as for the application, the applicant should have made significant contributions to the economy, society, social welfare, environmental sustainability or industrial efficiency with visionary technological innovations or knowledge and technologies that improve human life.

(Edited by Public Affairs Division)